Glasgow sex attacker guilty of raping woman he met on Tinder

Glasgow Times

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Rian Hood put the victim through a horror ordeal during a campaign of abuse at his hands.
The 34-year-old ex-clothes shop supervisor denied being physically or sexually violent, even claiming in a bizarre video clip that the woman had instead hurt him.
Hood was found guilty of rape and engaging in a course of abusive behaviour following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow.
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He is already serving a seven-and-a-half-year jail term imposed in 2022 for preying on four other women.
Hood was due to be sentenced for this latest crime as he returned to the dock this week.
But, Judge Lord Colbeck continued the case again for a full risk assessment to be carried out on the sex attacker.
This could eventually lead to an Order for the Lifelong Restriction being imposed on him.
Hood is scheduled to be back in court in September.
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Hood, formerly of the city's Knightswood, told jurors how he was initially in contact with the woman via Tinder.
He stated he had never used the dating app before, as "you hear all these horror stories".
It was not until early 2020 that the pair physically met.
He had been aware at the time of allegations made by one of the victims in the later 2022 trial.
Hood claimed he told the woman in this latest case about the then accusations.
He said there was "not much reaction" from her.
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Hood went on to move in with the woman and her mother at their home in the west of the city during one of the COVID lockdowns in 2020.
He said: "It was a bit intense, but we managed it well."
Hood insisted there was "seldom" any sexual contact between him and the victim while there.
The woman, however, told how he stood on her face and then forced himself upon her during one attack.
Denying it happened, Hood claimed: "We would not really do much in her mum's house as it was just awkward."
The abuse also took place at other flats in the north of Glasgow.
His lawyer Frances Connor put to him at one stage: "Any truth that you wanted cocaine so you could have sex for hours and hours?"
He refuted this, insisting the drug would have had the "opposite effect" on him.
Miss Connor also asked if anything had occurred without the woman's consent.
Hood again denied this.
The lawyer went on: "Anything ever happened when she was asleep?"
He then claimed: "No, I would never have woken her up as she was a grouch if you did."
Hood added that any evidence of him "choking" the woman only happened during consensual sex.
The attacker was also physically abusive, which had included a claim he had hurled Chinese spring rolls at her.
He instead alleged the woman had previously "erupted" at him after confronting him about cheating on her.
Jurors were shown a mobile phone clip recorded by the woman where a drunk and topless Hood claimed he could not walk as she had "broke" his toe by allegedly throwing a towel at him.
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In the previous trial, Hood had been convicted of 10 charges of similar abuse against four women between 2010 and 2020.
His lawyer said at the time how his life had been "somewhat blighted by a gambling addiction" which had affected his relationships.
He first faced allegations involving the latest victim in 2023 while serving the seven and a half year sentence.